Table of Contents:Vasco Martins, "Angola and the three Guineas: the friendly security provider"Pedro Seabra, "From BRIC to BRICS: after the dust settles"Kai Thaler, "Timor Leste and the g7+: A new approach to the security and development aid nexus"Timeline of Events

By entering the BRICS, South Africa will gain much more visibility, more political influence in decision-making, overall greater 'power'. Accordingly, and as a country that is miles away in terms of economic and political development in comparison to the rest of Africa, will South Africa become overwhelmed by this new BRICS status and forget the very roots of its foreign policy? If not, will South Africa work to enrich its own accounts or will it do so while bringing other African countries into the fold?